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Appearance

The Egg-Cerberus is a giant dog-like robot, although its different appearances in both Sonic and Shadow Episodes lead to speculation on whether or not there is one or two of them (Since the one in Shadow's battle seems rusted.)

Powers and abilities

The Egg Cerberus is very fast for its size, capable of running at speeds nearing Sonic's. It can jump higher too, and can impact the ground with enough force to create shockwaves on a wide area.

Story

Sonic Episode

After Sonic and Tails were able to find and rescue Princess Elise who was kidnapped by Dr. Eggman, the doctor showed up and fought the heroes by unleashing the Egg-Cerberus upon them.

Boss battle

Sonic

The battle occurs at a large round arena where there is a lot of room for the player to avoid the majority of the Egg-Ceberus' attacks. The Egg-Ceberus will primarily charge around the arena, but will eventually slow down to a complete stop between intervals, leaving itself vulnerable. To attack the Egg-Ceberus, the player must jump onto its tail (although the player can perform the Homing Attack towards it since the tail acts as a Grind Rail) which they will grind along to reach the antenna on its head.

Here, the Egg-Ceberus will begin charging again, but this time the player is able to control it. To damage it, the player will need to steer it so that it smashes itself against the arena wall. However if player assumed control of the Egg-Ceberus while it is already too close to the wall, it will not be damaged if the player simply steers towards the wall as the Egg-Ceberus will simply run along the circumference of the wall. Instead, the player should aim for a wall on the other end of the arena. If the player takes too long to damage the Egg-Ceberus, it will eventually shake him/her of its antenna. Each hit takes a quarter of its max health gauge but if the player steers the Egg-Ceberus against a statue it will take half of its max health gauge.

Once the Egg-Ceberus' remaining health reaches to half of its max health gauge, the Egg-Cerberus adds in another attack; it will leap out of the arena onto a circular ledge (the camera will pan from a lower angle for the player to look at this. After a few moments, it will jump high into the air and emit a shockwave upon landing. To avoid this, the player should note the shadow of the Egg-Ceberus as an indicator where it will land and the shockwave can be avoided by simply jumping.

Shadow

The battle is essentially almost identical as with Sonic with the only difference being that there are no special objects on the arena wall for the Egg-Ceberus to smash itself into for double the damage. Enemies such as the Egg Gunner are also present.

Trivia

The Egg-Cerberus is named after a dog in Greek mythology, Cerberus, who was a three-headed, fire-breathing, demonic dog who guarded the entrance to Hades' Underworld. However, the Egg-Cerberus has only one head, unlike the Cerberus in mythology.

During Sonic's battle, the Egg-Cerberus is referred to as Dr. Eggman's "pet"[1] and in during Shadow's battle, it is referred to as his "guard dog".[2]